Maternity garment



Feb. 6, 1940 sPANG 2,189,332

MATERNITY GARMENT Filed June 21, 1938 INVENTOR.

Annabel M. Spang BY 7% flaw/ v 092% ATTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 6, 1940 This invention relates to maternity garments and more particularly to agarment comprising a skirt having a vest and a'blouse connected to the top thereof andv which: garment will en'- able the wearer to use a panel-front closed skirt while enabling the size of the waistline to be varied'from time to time as circumstances may require. u

I accomplish this general object by the con-1 struction and arrangement of parts shown in the drawing herein wherein Fig" 1 illustrates a garment made in accordancewith my invention and showing the same as worn; Fig. 2 is a large de-. tail in section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; 1 Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the skirt and blouse disconnected; Fige lis an elevation showing the upper portion'of the skirt and the vest; and Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic sectional View show ing the manner in which the vest'and blouse are fastened to the top of vthe skirt.

Describing the parts herein by reference characters, A represents the complete skirt, B the complete blouse, and C the vest. The skirt comprises essentially a front portion and a back portion, with side portions connected thereto and. adapted to. be folded over and adjustably connected at their upper ends with the upper end of the front portion. The front and back members of each side portion are also connected, preferably throughout a portion only of the lengths of their upper ends, by fastening devices; and the bottom of the blouse is connected.

erably eight in number and being indicated respectively at H, l2, l3, l4, l5, l6, l1 and I8. The outer portions of the upper ends of the side gores l2 and I3 and the outer portions of the upper ends of the side gores l6 and I! are shown as stitched together, as indicated at 19 and 20. The tops of the gores l2 and I3 and the tops of the gores l6 and I1, between the stitched portions thereof and their junctions with the next adjacent front and. rear gores are provided with fastening devices 2|, which may be of the balland-socket type of snap-fastener construction. The top of each of the gores H and I8 is also provided with the members 22a of fasteners (preferably of the ball-and-socket type of snap fastener construction), the opposite members 22 whereof are carried near the outer'upper corners of the gores l2 and II. It will be noted shown in Fig. 3, the waistline comprises the com I approved manner.

engaged with the next corresponding elements PATENT FFIli 2,189,332 MATERNITY GARMENT Annabel spangolevelana, Ohio Application June 21, 1938, said No. 214,399 j, 2 Claims, (01. 2-7

that, with the parts of the skirt in the positions bined lengths of the tops of the gores 1 L14, l and IS, the adjacent portions of thehgore's l2; |3,'l6 and I! being closed at this time bymeans 5? x of the fasteners 2|. i l a The bottom of the vest C is sewed to the tops. of the panels QHand I8 and is fastened ataits upper end around the neck of thewearer in any l 1 I0] I Theblouse B is of more or less conventional shape, being provided withfastening means '23 g at the neck and having an open front provided between right and left front parts 2d and .25. The front corner portion of the bottom of the part 24 is sewed to the top of the gore 13 at a pointwhich will bring the corner preferably adjacent to about the central fastening member 22a, whenthev gores l2.and it are folded forwardly; and the bottom of the part. 24. is stitched further along the top of the gore I3 to itshjunction with the gore M. The bottom of the front part isfastened in the same manner to the top of the gore l6; and the bottom of the back portion. of the blouse is stitched to the tops of the gores l4 and I5.

With the parts constructed and arranged as described, the operation will be readily understood. With the fastening elements 22 connected to the innermost fastening elements 22a and with all of the fasteners 2| in use between the gores l2, l3 and IS, IT, the waistline of the garment is at its smallest dimension, this dimension being determined by the length of the tops of the gores H, 14, I5 and !8. When it is desired to let out the waist, the fasteners 2| which are nearest adjacent to the gores l4 and I5, respectively, are disconnected and the fastening elements 22 are then moved outwardly and 22a. This operation can be repeated as frequently as desirable, it being noted that the number and spacing of the fastening members may be varied as desirable. During these operations, the bottoms of the fronts 24 and 25 of the blouse will move outwardly, but the space therebetween will be kept closed by the vest C during all adjustments of the waistline.

By the construction shown and described herein, it willbe evident that I have produced a garment which will preserve the appearance of a panel-front'closed skirt with an integraLor attached blouse throughout all adjustments of the waistline, in place of the wrap-around garment. I

For convenience of description, the terms front and rear have been applied to the members of the side portions (l2, l3 and I6, l1) when they occupy the position shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A garment comprising a skirt, a vest, and an open-front blouse, the said skirt: comprising a central front portion, a central back portion, and side portions comprising each a front member and a back member connected at their outer edges and constituting extensions of the outer edges of the adjacent central-front and back portions, respectively, the central front portion being provided adjacent to the top thereof with laterally spaced fastening me mbers'extenm. ing outwardly from and arranged on opposite.

sides of the center thereof, the front member I of each pair of side members being-providedadjacent to the upper outer corner thereof with a fastening member adapted to cooperate with the fastening members on the side of the front central portion adjacent thereto, and laterally spaced fastening members detachably connecting the upper ends of the front and back members :of each side portion, the last-mentioned to the top of the central back portion of the skirt which is customarily used as a maternity skirt, the lower portion of the vest being of such width and the fastening members being so located that the lower portion of the vest will be overlapped by the lower front portions of the blouse in all positions to which the top of the skirt may be adjusted.

2. A garment comprising a skirt, a vest and an open-front blouse, the skirt comprising a centrally arranged pair of front gores, a centrally-arranged :pair of back gores and pairs of front and back side gores, each of the first-mentioned front gores being provided adjacent to the top thereof with laterally spaced fastening members and the front gore of each pair of side gores being provided adjacent to the upper outer cor- .ner. thereof. with a fastening member adapted to cooperate with the fastening members on the adjacent central front gore when the pairs of side gores are folded in front of their respective centrally arranged front gores, and laterally spaced fastening members detachably connecting, the upper endsof the front and back gores of each pair of side gores, the last-mentioned fastening members extending laterally outwardly from pointsclosely'adjacent to the upper ends of the centrally arranged front and back gores,

' the vest comprising a front portion secured to the tops of the front gores, and the blouse having. .-front"and back parts, the bottom corner portion of each of. said front parts being secured to the top. of. the rear side gore therebelow between :the inner. and outer edges thereof and the bottom of the back of said blouse being se= cured to the tops: of the centrally arranged pair of backgores, the lower portion of the vest being of such width and the fastening members being so'located that; the lower portion of the vest will be overlapped by the lower front portion of the blouse in all positions to which the top of the skirt may be. adjusted.

7 ANNABEL M. SPANG. 

